Sylvia Dahlby

Sylvia Dahlby is a self-described "dumb haole" from Kailua. She currently lives in Hilo. She thinks humans should colonize Mars and build an asteroid defense system before we get wiped out like the dinosaurs.
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It鈥檚 Time To Reconsider Objections To Astronomy On Mauna Kea Courtesy TMT

It鈥檚 Time To Reconsider Objections To Astronomy On Mauna Kea

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The TMT would add 140 permanent jobs, 300 multi-year construction jobs and another $26 million a year once it鈥檚 operational.

Thirty Meter Telescope Will Help Prepare Hawaii鈥檚 Students Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2015

Thirty Meter Telescope Will Help Prepare Hawaii鈥檚 Students

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Besides the contribution to scientific exploration, the TMT provides scholarships, encourages STEM education and diversifies the state鈥檚 economy.

Don’t Make Space The Next Battlefield Image: Trump Make America Great Again Committee

Don’t Make Space The Next Battlefield

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Instead of sending a fighting force into space, let鈥檚 send planet Earth鈥檚 best and bravest to inspire us to be better people.聽

No Time Like The Present To Revitalize Hilo Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2016

No Time Like The Present To Revitalize Hilo

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Recently signed legislation will improve Banyan Drive and the industrial area, as well as boosting astronomy.

The TMT Is Nothing Like The Dakota Access Pipeline Thirty Meter Telescope

The TMT Is Nothing Like The Dakota Access Pipeline

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The issues raised by both projects are significant when it comes to indigenous peoples, but the differences are many.